Travellerspoint was started by brothers Sam and Peter Daams in 2002 as a travel community resource, and a way to find folks that you’d met and lost in transit.

A good guidebook can go a long way towards making or breaking a trip, but the best travel experiences still come with the thrill of discovery attached: secret spots known only to locals, with directions sketched out in hand-drawn maps.

If you thought US Geography was tough, this game takes it to the next level.

Technology in travel is all for the good – global cellphones, GPS, travel websites (ahem). But even the most flashpacker-y among us can’t deny the nostalgic appeal of more analog trip technologies.

Aaron Koblin’s featured video, “Flight Patterns,” is an animated rendering of US air traffic data from the FAA, with the hubs and spokes of flight paths lit up like highways and cities seen from overhead at night.